Behind the wooden door was an endless expanse of darkness.
If Grimm did not clearly understand that he was standing in front of an ordinary bedroom in an ordinary wooden building in an ordinary town, he would have suspected that he was in the vast Shadow Realm.
In the boundless darkness, a huge dark shadow was wriggling about with its claws and fangs bared.
When Grimm's gaze fell on this huge shadow, a sense of loathing arose from the depths of his heart.
Enmity … Undisguised enmity!
When Grimm's aura appeared in this strange space, a strong sense of hostility rose from the depths of the huge shadow, and this hostility was etched into the depths of Grimm's heart.
If it was a regular Magus, it would be difficult to see through the powerful and distorted shadow space outside the huge shadow.
However, Grimm's eyes flickered with blue light, and with just a few flicks of his fingers, he saw everything.
With the help of the A.I. Chip's powerful elemental scanning, long-range vision, long-range perception, motion capture, and other strange abilities, Grimm's gaze penetrated the protective forcefield and saw everything in the huge shadow.
The Dark Witch Shani was currently standing naked in the shadow. A strange black stone floated in front of her, spewing out a huge amount of shadow energy.
A portion of the shadow energy was absorbed by Shani's body and transformed into profound and mysterious magic patterns that appeared on her body. The other part was absorbed by the dense and strange spell formations in the surroundings, transforming into a powerful shadow force that supported the huge shadow-like domain.
Grimm's gaze swept past Shani's naked body, ignoring the boundless scenery of the undulating mountains and her anxious and angry gaze. Instead, it landed on the magic patterns that were slowly appearing.
Shani's body was white and smooth, with a slim waist and perky breasts. She had everything a beautiful woman should have. However, as the huge amount of shadow energy flowed into her body, strange black patterns started to spread from her toes.
At first glance, these patterns looked like the decorative patterns of a rose branch. However, when Grimm's gaze landed on them, the A.I. Chip's rapid scanning, extraction, and magnification revealed the details of these patterns.
This … was not a pattern at all, but a strange rune formed by lines of fine and complicated witchcraft lines.
From the large number of runes extracted by the A.I. Chip, it could be deciphered that the Dark Witch was actually risking her own life. Using the endless shadow energy in the strange black stone as a foundation and her own body as a carrier, she wanted to project the entire tower of the Dark Witch clan in the far north of the Magus World.
Once her plan succeeded, she would temporarily possess the same offensive and defensive power as the Origin Tower in this shadow-like domain. At that time, even if the other three level 4 Wizards joined forces, they would not be able to contend against a humanoid Super Wizard Pagoda, much less Grimm!
Although this idea was crazy, looking at the black demonic pattern that had already spread to her chest, she might really succeed if she was given a quarter of an hour.
After understanding the situation, Grimm was both thankful and scared!
Luckily, he had sensed that time was of the essence in the dark corridor, so he had given up on the 'orthodox' method of battle and used himself as bait to lure the shadow assassin into close combat. Then, even if he had to suffer some injuries, he would still be able to kill the shadow assassin as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, with the craftiness and difficulty of dealing with the shadow assassin, he might even be able to hold it off until the summoning of the Wizard's Pagoda succeeded.
Although the Dark Witch Shani did not have the protection of the shadow assassin, she still had a defensive force field that was difficult to deal with.
This force field was not her power, but was formed by the stone that was continuously spitting out a large amount of shadow energy.
In Grimm's memories, anything that could form a defensive force field was either a high-grade treasure or a Wizard Weapon, and it was at least one or two levels higher than the Soden Divine Ring in his hand.
Combining the appearance and attributes of the strange black stone, a resounding name popped up in Grim's mind.
The Shadow Pearl!
The reason why Grim remembered this name was because this Shadow Orb was a famous … Rank 5 treasure!
A purely support-type Level 5 treasure!
To other Magi, it was just an ordinary Level 5 material, but to most dark elemental creatures, it was a godly weapon.
The owner of the Shadow Pearl could communicate with the Shadow Realm at any time, and use the pearl as a bridge to summon endless shadow energy from the Shadow Realm. Moreover, the owner of the Shadow Pearl could ignore the restrictions of all dark elemental spells, and control the shadow energy at will.
A simple example would be the most common skill of the Dark Path, Shadow Leap. This spell could only be used when there was a shadow near the target. Without shadows, one could not leap.
This was why many Magi who encountered dark elemental creatures would cast illumination spells around them as quickly as possible to disperse the darkness. This way, they could prevent the dark elemental creatures from suddenly emerging from the shadows below them.
However, such a tactic would be useless against the Shadow Pearl!
Even in a place as bright as day without any shadows, the owner of the Shadow Pearl would be able to move around freely, unaffected by external factors.
Coupled with the reduced cooldown time, the Shadow Pearl meant that the owner of the Shadow Pearl had unlimited shadow invisibility. To most dark elemental creatures, this was a treasure that they could only dream of!
Grimm watched as the magical patterns on Shani's body slowly extended past her ample breasts and towards her neck. He knew that he couldn't delay any longer. If Shani were to really summon the power of the Darkness Origin Tower to him, he would definitely be no match for her.
Therefore, after seeing everything clearly, Grimm did not hesitate to transform.
His body was expanding, and his consciousness was roaring. Endless golden flames surged out of the Heart of the Rule, combining with the crimson lava that surged out of the void, condensing into a ten-meter-tall golden flame giant.
Under the infusion of the golden flames, the few magic tools that Grimm used to own were manifested in a form that was half material and half energy.
After all, the Flame Set Equipment was a Grade 3 magic tool that Grimm had custom-made for himself. Although it could not keep up with his pace, it could still be used to a certain extent after manifesting. The only things that could really help Grimm were the Grade 4 Soden Divine Ring and the Flaming Coral Staff.
As for the rest of the magic tools, under the infusion of the golden flame, they were melted and destroyed one by one due to the fact that they couldn't bear the great power, before they could turn into magic tools.
After all, Grimm was now a Grade 4 legendary Fire Wizard. Those Grade 2 and 3 magic tools and tools could only be used for fun, but once he stepped onto the battlefield, they could no longer withstand Grimm's violent attacks.
"You … You can see me?"
The Dark Witch, Shani, seemed to only realize this problem at this moment. She clamped her legs together in embarrassment, covering her chest with one hand and the grass below her navel with the other. Two huge red clouds appeared on her pretty face.
But it was a pity that her hand was too small compared to the area she wanted to cover.
Therefore, her half-covered body, coupled with her embarrassed and angry expression, added a bit of charm and allure to her!
Grimm, who had transformed into a huge golden flame man, laughed maniacally, "Save it! You're an old witch who has been famous for hundreds of years, yet you still want to put on such a pure and innocent appearance. Are you trying to disgust me, or are you trying to stall for time? Don't you want my life very much? Now, let's see who wants whose life! "
Along with the deafening roar of the flames, Grimm waved his Flaming Coral Staff, and a huge pillar of golden flames that was a hundred meters thick exploded with the dark core at the center.
The violent and ferocious golden flames collided with the dark and deep shadow energy, immediately causing an energy explosion that engulfed the entire dark space. The two energies of different attributes collided, entangled, devoured, and annihilated each other …
A Molten Magic Wall rose in front of Grimm, barely blocking the surging energy waves.
The Dark Witch, Shani, was obviously unable to escape from the ritual. She could only watch as the golden flames madly eroded the protective barrier formed by the Shadow Pearl. The translucent barrier of darkness vibrated continuously, and even caused some of the energy inside to become chaotic.
Shani, who had been pretending to be innocent a moment ago, suddenly retracted her expression. The shyness and immaturity on her face were swept away, and her eyes emitted a cold and vicious glint.
"How is this possible? You … You're just a newly promoted Grade 4 … With your strength, how could you so easily shake the Shadow Pearl's barrier? "Shani screamed crazily, and her expression revealed a trace of madness and viciousness.
She could not be blamed for losing her composure, as Grimm's attack power was indeed a little too 'abnormal'!
As Shani's estimation was not accurate, she made two unforgivable mistakes.
First, she thought that the Grade 4 Shadow Assassin that the Shadow Pearl had catalyzed could buy her enough time to complete the ritual. That was why she did not cancel the ritual when she sensed Grimm approaching.
Second, when the Shadow Assassin failed, she thought that she could rely on the Shadow Pearl's protective barrier to last until the ritual ended. After all, she was only three minutes away from the completion of the ritual.
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